Cultural processes and demography: implications for conservation and beyond DOI Creative Commons
Philippa Brakes, Sasha R. X. Dall, Stuart Townley

et al.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 380(1925)

Published: May 1, 2025

Social transmission of cultural variants in wildlife can cause population level effects with implications for conservation science, policy and practice. learning animal culture generate resilience populations through the spread adaptive behaviour but may also vulnerabilities. Distilling comprehensive management advice this field remains challenging. Animal is important defining 'units to conserve', managing human-wildlife interactions, reintroductions or translocations, influences evolutionary change. However, processes remain poorly understood. Given breadth issues which inform conservation, it timely consider underlying more detail. We coupling dynamics explore conditions under social tip a declining into growth. Simulations on model system two interacting units are used tensions between coupled demographic processes. show that even simple bias, outcomes complex. In concert urgent targeted action, we highlight need develop deeper process-based understanding field, yield fundamental principles applicable broader range encultured species.This article part theme issue 'Animal culture: changing world'.

Language: Английский

Animal culture: conservation in a changing world DOI Creative Commons
Philippa Brakes, Lucy M. Aplin, Emma L. Carroll

et al.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 380(1925)

Published: May 1, 2025

Social learning and animal culture can influence conservation outcomes in significant ways. Culture is a dynamic phenomenon; socially learned behaviours be transmitted within and/or between generations among populations, which facilitate resilience, or other circumstances generate vulnerability. driver of evolutionary diversification, population structure demography, shaping sociality influencing underlying biological processes such as reproduction survival, affecting fitness. This theme issue synthesizes the current state knowledge on cultural variation major vertebrate taxa, offering practical insights how social interface directly with interventions. It ranges over topics that include translocations, human-wildlife interactions adaptation to anthropogenic change. complex; integrating into challenging. No one-size-fits-all policy recommended. Instead, we aim balance understanding diversity implementations this nascent field, exploring supporting developing pathways towards efficiencies. Key themes emerge conserving capacity, benefits data sharing, along intrinsic value cultures role Indigenous Peoples local communities.This article part 'Animal culture: changing world'.

Language: Английский

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Cultural processes and demography: implications for conservation and beyond DOI Creative Commons
Philippa Brakes, Sasha R. X. Dall, Stuart Townley

et al.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 380(1925)

Published: May 1, 2025

Social transmission of cultural variants in wildlife can cause population level effects with implications for conservation science, policy and practice. learning animal culture generate resilience populations through the spread adaptive behaviour but may also vulnerabilities. Distilling comprehensive management advice this field remains challenging. Animal is important defining 'units to conserve', managing human-wildlife interactions, reintroductions or translocations, influences evolutionary change. However, processes remain poorly understood. Given breadth issues which inform conservation, it timely consider underlying more detail. We coupling dynamics explore conditions under social tip a declining into growth. Simulations on model system two interacting units are used tensions between coupled demographic processes. show that even simple bias, outcomes complex. In concert urgent targeted action, we highlight need develop deeper process-based understanding field, yield fundamental principles applicable broader range encultured species.This article part theme issue 'Animal culture: changing world'.

Language: Английский

Citations

2